of hurricane ike , and dry air caused the storm to weaken . on september 6 , the combination of wind shear , dry air , and cooling waters caused josephine to weaken into a tropical depression . josephine deteriorated into a remnant low shortly after as convection continued to di ##ssi ##pate around the storm . the low ultimately dissipated while located 520 mi ( 83 ##5 km ) east of gu ##ade ##lou ##pe on september 10 . however , the remnant moisture led to minor flooding on the island of st . croix . = = meteorological history = = tropical storm josephine formed as a tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of africa near the end of august 2008 . it tracked
of hurricane ike, and dry air caused the storm to weaken. on september 6, the combination of wind shear, dry air, and cooling waters caused josephine to weaken into a tropical depression. josephine deteriorated into a remnant low shortly after as convection continued to dissipate around the storm. the low ultimately dissipated while located 520 mi ( 835 km ) east of guadeloupe on september 10. however, the remnant moisture led to minor flooding on the island of st. croix. = = meteorological history = = tropical storm josephine formed as a tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of africa near the end of august 2008. it tracked